cron Cronjob documentation

[perarg]

Hello,

i am searching but with no luck, some kind of documentation on creating my own cronjobs for my custom module. That is to say, i want to run periodically a function which i have built up in a custom module. What should i do in my module's code to create this functionality ?

[selectshop.at]

Depending on Prestashop version, there is a cronjob module already available from your back-office "cron tasks manager".

Prestashop docu: http://doc.prestashop.com/dashboard.action

Prestashop cron tutorial - this is very old, but should serve as example, you need to adapt the code for the PS-Version in use (classes, etc.) - http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS14/Modules,+Classes+and+Controller+Override

[hhennes]

Hello,
I've written an article about how to configure cronjob in prestashop a couple of month ago.
You can read it ( in french ) : https://www.h-hennes.fr/blog/2017/12/01/prestashop-gestion-des-taches-cron/

The part which migth interest you is how to plug your module to the hook actionCronJob

Regards,

[Ableson]

If someone have cron job issue with you hosting, you can use any external crontab (like easycron.com), which starts processes on the URL and some PrestaShop modules cron job tutorials at https://www.easycron.com/cron-job-tutorials, hope the help.